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<blockquote data-quote="ART!" data-source="post: 7637093" data-attributes="member: 79926"><p><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'">I dig 13th Age but I'm not like a super-fan, so don't take this as brow-beating or anything,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'">BUT</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'">The way 13th Age does it is you get the one racial trait, but it gets better as you level up. So, for instance:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"><em>Dwarf (from the SRD):</em></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"><em></em></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"><em></em></span><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'">Racial Bonus</span></em></strong></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Amethysta'"><em><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'">+2 Con or +2 Wis</span></em></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Amethysta'"><em><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"></span></em></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Amethysta'"><em><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'">That’s Your Best Shot? (Racial Power)</span></em></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Amethysta'"><em><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'">Once per battle as a free action after you have been hit by an enemy attack, you can heal using a recovery. If the escalation die is less than 2, you only get half the usual healing from the recovery. Unlike other recoveries that might allow you to take an average result, you have to roll this one!</span></em></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Amethysta'"><em><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'">Note that you can’t use this ability if the attack drops you to 0 hp or below. You’ve got to be on your feet to sneer at their attack and recover.</span></em></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Amethysta'"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"><em><em>Champion Feat</em></em><em><em>: If the escalation die is 2+ when you use that’s your best shot, the recovery is free.</em></em></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Amethysta'"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"><em></em></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Amethysta'"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Amethysta'"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Amethysta'"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"></span><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'">So, I guess they just level up once. Anyway, that's the basic idea there. This seems very limited, but the flipside is it's very focused.</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ART!, post: 7637093, member: 79926"] [FONT=tahoma]I dig 13th Age but I'm not like a super-fan, so don't take this as brow-beating or anything, BUT The way 13th Age does it is you get the one racial trait, but it gets better as you level up. So, for instance: [I]Dwarf (from the SRD): [/I][/FONT][B][I][FONT=tahoma]Racial Bonus[/FONT][/I][/B] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Amethysta][I][FONT=tahoma]+2 Con or +2 Wis [/FONT][/I][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Amethysta][I][FONT=tahoma]That’s Your Best Shot? (Racial Power)[/FONT][/I][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Amethysta][I][FONT=tahoma]Once per battle as a free action after you have been hit by an enemy attack, you can heal using a recovery. If the escalation die is less than 2, you only get half the usual healing from the recovery. Unlike other recoveries that might allow you to take an average result, you have to roll this one![/FONT][/I][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Amethysta][I][FONT=tahoma]Note that you can’t use this ability if the attack drops you to 0 hp or below. You’ve got to be on your feet to sneer at their attack and recover.[/FONT][/I][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Amethysta][FONT=tahoma][I][I]Champion Feat[/I][/I][I][I]: If the escalation die is 2+ when you use that’s your best shot, the recovery is free.[/I] [/I] [/FONT][FONT=tahoma]So, I guess they just level up once. Anyway, that's the basic idea there. This seems very limited, but the flipside is it's very focused.[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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